NARONIC

March 21st 1893

NARONIC

Telegram from Bremerhaven, Capt WILSON of the British steamer COVENTRY, arrived there, reports that on the 4th inst, at 2am, he passed a ship’s boat, drifting bottom upwards, at 2pm he passed another boat half filled with water and abandoned. The mast and the oars were tied together and drifting as a sea-anchor at the side of the boat. The latter with the name NARONIC appeared to have been abandoned not long previously.

The news caused a marked sensation at the Liverpool Exchange, the general conviction on finding the boats indicated too clearly the fate of the NARONIC. Yesterday the managing owners had received no further information than that in the telegram.

Shipmasters who have recently crossed the Atlantic report having passed large quantities of ice and it is feared the NARONIC came into contact with pack ice and was so damaged as to make her navigation impossible, even although she was so close to her port of destination. The boats were seen only a day’s sail from New York.

Mr J. C. FARRIE, Secretary of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool, states the NARONIC is purely a cargo and cattle steamer, and besides her crew, the only persons on board are 17 cattlemen and attendants on the live stock.

Crew List

William ROBERTS, Capt

George WRIGHT, 1st mate, Liverpool,

Herbert G. BURBRIDGE, 2nd mate, Seaforth

C. G. IRESON, 3rd mate, Seaforth

J. P. OWEN, Carpenter, Liverpool

Thomas DAVIES, Boatswain, Liverpool

Isaac MORRIS, Boatswain’s mate, Liverpool

AB Seamen, all of Liverpool

Christopher TESCH

John CAMPBELL

Thomas ROGERS

George WILLIAMS

Patrick REID

Thomas LACKEY

Thomas RAMMAGE

Richard WILLIAMS

Maurice BARNES

Patrick HAYTHORNTHWAITE

T. EVANS

Peter MONAHAN

John M’MAHON

John HUGHES

Samuel GRUNDY

John DUNCAN, Chief engineer, Liverpool

R. T. LUCOCK, 2nd engineer, Bootle

E. F. PUGH, 3rd engineer, Bootle

John B. JOLLY, 4th engineer, Seaforth

F. W. MORGAN, Refrigerator man, Liverpool

John LEARY, Storekeeper, Liverpool

Daniel LYNCH, Liverpool

Michael KENNY, Bootle

Laurence BUTLER, Bootle

John WHELAN, John MURPHY, John M’DANOUGH, Gilbert HANNA, Thomas BULL, Greasers, all of Liverpool